Sunbeam Town: Broken
A restless, inquisitive trans girl whose identity always seems to be in flux. zeke: a porcelain mouse covered in cracks. afraid to move around too much because he's worried about how fragile he is.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 1
The woman pulled out a bright-red amulet from under her shirt. "yes. please give it to me." "and why should i do that?" "i will spare your life." the woman laughed. "i fear no argonian.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 16
She knew that this woman was evil. she had heard her parents speak of her in hushed whispers at night, when they thought she was asleep. she could see the relief in their faces now.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 2
Karme was many things, but a quitter was not one of them. She would make it through these godforsaken mountains and prove that charcoal-scaled Argonian wrong. Truthfully, she wasn't sure where she was going. The plan had been to leave Bruma by the...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 4
A redguard woman with a dense afro opened the door, clearly irritated by the interruption. "what is it?" "chanel, this is karme arenim. she's looking for work, and claims to have skills in magic.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 3
A dunmer woman killed her husband in cold blood, can you believe it?" "must be that northern wind," nusha said. "drives a person mad." "anyway, keep a lookout for anyone suspicious. the culprit disappeared without a trace. she could be anywhere."
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 7
The amulet is held by a dunmer woman, accompanied by a female argonian with black scales." nusha felt karme take in a sharp breath, but she gave her a look that said "don't move an inch".
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 12
From Dragonclaw Rock they made quick progress westward. With the snowstorm gone, they could talk more freely, and Karme filled Nusha in on the history of the Akaviri invasion. It was comforting to recall details from her tutoring, and it excited her to...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
He had lost the girl. somewhere, between the oak and crosier and the outskirts of town, she had slipped away. landil stalked up and down the path outside of chorrol, careful to not attract the attention of the guards.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 11
Countess narina carvain was a tall imperial woman, effete and puffy from a life of luxury. she was pale, almost sickly-looking, as if she never dared brave the cold and spent all her time indoors.
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 6
This was not what Karme had expected from the Imperial City. Why exactly they had come here, she was beginning to wonder. Nusha had been sceptical, but Karme was sure that the answer to their quandary lay within the walls of the city. Her parents had...